how to get rid of the ui in create a sim

[ghostaria]

Hello! So I have a shader with Reshade and I would love to take screenshots with it, but I don't know how to get rid of the UI in CAS. If I use 'C' it doesn't include the shader, but if I press 'prtscr' (print screen) it captures the shader, but the UI is still there, like, all of the aspirations, the arrows to turn the sim around, the other sims in the household (if any) etc. I can easily hide the columns that have all of the clothes and everything, you just have to click off of that. But I also want to hide the other things. Is there any way to do this? I'm not good enough with Photoshop to just fill everything as 'content aware' so please don't suggest that.

[SheriGR]

@ghostaria Hello there! I'm trying to clarify exactly what you're looking to do. In your sample screenshots is the top one an example of what you get when you grab a screenshot by pressing 'C', and the bottom what you get when pressing 'prtscr' (print screen)?

Have you tried...

• the "Sipping Tool" then use "Paint" (Windows) http://help.inspectionsupport.net/en/articles/103167-using-snipping-tool-to-capture-a-screen-shot or...
• "Shift + Command + 5" then use "Preview" (Mac)

[ghostaria]

Yes, top is when pressing C and bottom is when pressing prtscr (print screen) I'm on Windows

[SheriGR]

@ghostaria Thank you for clarifying. It looks like the Snipping Tool offers some options, including a free-form snip. Were you able to find the information at that link I mentioned and try that tool out?

[ghostaria]

It doesn't help me at all actually. I don't know how to make this any clearer, and I don't intend to be mean. I can just screenshot it with PrintScreen, yes, but I want to be able to USE PrintScreen to get a nice screen shot with none of the arrows, aspirations, other sims, etc. Not even the randomize buttons. I could use C, yes, but it does not show the shader. The shader is the main part because it just makes the game look nicer. I plan to use these screenshots as images for characters in a story I plan to write.

[SheriGR]

@ghostaria 

Sorry if I'm not understanding this correctly, but it sounds like you need the UI to be showing in order to get the 'Shader' background/detail that you need for the screenshot, but you don't want  to have the UI images in your final screenshot?

Not sure if this will address what you're looking for, but if I checked the following boxes in the 'Screen Capture' settings in you Main Menu > Game Options > Screen Capture then the UI will be included when creating a screenshot by pressing "c":

I then found that if I entered CAS with the sim who already had all of the settings I want saved and in place, and I don't click on her so that the additional UI images populate, I can take a screenshot at a distance like this one (or zoom in without clicking her and still not have the additional Ui images - as in teh 2nd image). 

Then if I crop this image I am able to come up with this:

Edit:
I was just discussing this with another helper and it appears there may be some specialized methods for taking your screenshots in a manner that will still include the ReShade effects. I cannot include links to some types of websites here on the forum, so it would be best if you were to go to the ReShade website and see what their recommendations are. There also seem to be some tutorials that come up if you type in "Is there a way to get screenshots in CAS that still include the Reshade background".
Thank you @MapleSimmer.

[Bluebellflora]

@ghostaria

ReShade is a fantastic tool, as a Mac user it really grates that I can't use it in game as I love taking screenshots. I get what you mean about wanting to hide the UI, like the free camera mode in Live mode right? @SheriGR 's suggestion of cropping a screenshot would definitely work. The other method that a lot of people use is to set up the Sim on their lot in front of a white wall, very easy for cropping and you can tab into the free camera mode. You can use Mods to direct your Sims poses too.

[T13IGBIRD01]

@SheriGR How do you zoom in?

[SheriGR]

@T13IGBIRD01 When preparing to take a screenshot you can chose only a particular section of the screen (which will make it 'zoomed in' to that area in the final image). There are details about that in my previous comments on this thread and and on this page (which also has additional information about taking screenshots).

If you're asking about how to zoom in in-game, in CAS and in live or build mode, you can zoom in using the scroll button/function on your mouse.